Shokz++
Had them for a good 7 years, and they're life changing. Big issue is that they're so convenient to have on that I'll go to meetings with them still on my head not realizing they're even there. They're off at that point of course, but it's not the best look...
Bitcoin Well's fees aren't bad either and they do direct to self custody in the US and Canada. If you're in Canada, they also even have KYC free options through their ATM network, which is pretty neat, with Bitcoin Well Lite
Guys, guys, GUYS! #Bitcoin has almost reached bit #parity, where 1 bit = 12.5 cents, and 1 #bit = 100 #satoshis. For a brief moment in the near future, bits may actually be relevant for once.
#GM plebs. Hope everyone's having a lovely Sunday.
Focusing on your score in golf is a shitcoin. Playing golf and enjoying it even when your ball is shanked and bounces off an alligator's head is low time preference. Get it to the hole...eventually.
I'd just love to see what he does to the car company bearing his name. Especially given that they run on direct current.
If they were honest the choices would be British or Israeli.
They're down to only 83,000 sats a month. just 3 months ago they were nearly double that.
Also, fmovies is still free.
Normally, USD #interest rates going up drive foreign capital into the/dollar, because A) the disparity between it and local currency rates drives inflation locally, and B) most nations have some USD denominated debt (eurodollar debt) and rising rates make that debt harder to roll or service in the case of floating rate debt. A lot more of their currency comes into dollar assets on the momentum alone to escape the inflationary action from that sudden drop in demand:supply ratio.
Many people like to point out that #Bitcoin has not yet weathered a real crisis, at least in the global reserve currency terms, where the dollar goes deflationary (it DOES happen, just never for long). And it's a valid concern; such events send shockwaves around the whole interconnected monetary system. Obviously those long Bitcoin and short fiat (leveraged) are going to need to liquidate, which would be some downward pressure if we look at it in a vaccuum, and until a certain point, this could spiral dizzyingly.
BUT -- at a certain critical mass, when enough people outside of the local dollar market choose not to follow local currency outflows into the dollar, but rather, into Bitcoin, recognizing it as a better hedge against inflation, things could get very interesting. It'd represent a reduction in demand for dollars, which counters the disinflationary impulse. #Fed decisions to cut rates, which would inevitably come (always late and impotent) would exacerbate the situation, further making Bitcoin the more attractive option.
It wouldn't in itself necessarily be inflationary, because interest rates aren't money printing; lending is. This is why 2009-2019 was a silent depression, while 2020 surged amid treasury issuance. In times of crisis banks are tight with their money, due to counterparty credit risk, and low rates simply exacerbate this. Hence why #QE was turned to, four times, but still not enough to get lending to most anyone but big companies who bought back stock and didn't spend into the real #economy.
What it would be, however, is an increase in the demand:supply ratio for Bitcoin. Outpace the forced liquidations for covering leverage and living expenses, and you have what I can only consider to be an event that looks like escape velocity being achieved.
Not reaching it before the next downturn would mean a big ride of volatility ahead, though I don't foresee it being the cataclysm some chicken littles worry about. Had it come a few years ago, perhaps, but we seem to have crossed the line of institutional buy in of too big to fail ($2 Trillion is a lot bigger than Lehman or Bear Stearns were). But if we can #hodl and come out stronger, we'll have some real #FirstTurning shit on our hands.
Anyway, that was a really long way of saying #GM.
Liquid uses a separate blockchain and bitcoin is locked when it is swapped into a liquid token which uses a two way peg to maintaib parity. Transactions take place using liquid's...'alt'...coin environment. When you cash out to on chain, the liquid network unlocks the coin to the address you specify, doing away with the token. The whole network is managed by a trusted Federation with a high degree of centralization. It does also work with things other than Bitcoin.
Lightning involves channels. Btc is locked in a channel with a ywo of two multisig wallet. The nodes on this channel have channels with other nodes. They transact across these interconmected channels. When the channel is closed, they net out the total transactions and do a single on chain transaction, instead of one for each transaction done on the lightning network.
Massachusetts counts as like, 3 to go on its own, given that we're still stuck with Warren.
I think I'd go with Cashu over liquid, if i felt the need to use something beyond Lightning. I haven't run into liquidity concerns, and with fees where they are, anything that I imagine would run into some isn't that big a deal to do on chain. Liquid seems like just another shitcoin; haven't seen a reason why it is any better than say, wBTC or any of the the other tokenized bitcoin options out in shitcoin land.
'You must learn to master your technology or it WILL master you.' -Sean Kennedy
nostr:nprofile1qqsvfr3f7p95stxqrjslnmuvsmhcxxxqt8swjdfjx5tz7zq0yms5cygpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg4waehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvsq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwd4hhxarj9ec82css0rm9g oh man, not aware of BBS Door games? Nothing beats Tradewars2002 but Legend of the Red Dragon, Barren Realms Elite, and Usurper come close.
They were played on dialup, and later (including now by a select few), telnet or ssh enabled Bulletin Board Systems.
If you think 'hey this relaying of content around on horizontally organized systems thing is cool' you owe it to yourself to look into the history of FIDONet -- basically Nostr for the 1980s and early 90's. Similar to Usenet but even less central authority as it was hobbyist built.
If you want to go down a crazy retro rabbit hole there are worse places to start than https://www.synchro.net, which still provides a cross platform BBS server solution that can handle FIDONet, dos door games, and even dialup networking with a little elbow grease.
Blockchain and crypto enthusiast? What could I have done or said to deserve this insult?
Bitcoin or GTFO.
Oh seed backup supplies are helpful too. If they have the stamps you can never have enough M8 stainless steel washers or titanium plates.
If it's a small child, a plushie and children's book from my little hodler.
If it's an orange pill mission or new person otherwise a hard copy of a book or books from the saif house.
If it's someone with laser eyes but using one of the less stellar signing devices (ledger, trezor, etc), a coldcard.
And if it's someone who's got all that but no node, some hardware and a date to help them get a node up and running.
If they have all that maybe some swag, or if appropriate, zap some sats. Also, Salvadoran bitcoin friendly coffee doesn't hurt.
Looks like there's a bitcoiner at the end of the road with his or her head turned like a confused dog.
This is the phase where Bukele is looking at Saylor buying with debt and wanting a piece of that. Playing with fire if you ask me...